1976-03-20

Cup and International
First Division
Second Division
Third Division
Fourth Division

First Division

Division 1				Venue	Gate
Arsenal	6	1	West Ham United	Highbury	34,011
Kidd 3, Ball 2 (1p), Armstrong	Lineups		Jennings
Birmingham City	1	1	Coventry City	St Andrew's	22,956
Francis (p)	Lineups		Powell
Burnley	1	2	Tottenham Hotspur	Turf Moor	15,490
Waldron	Lineups		Duncan, Pratt
Everton	1	3	Leeds United	Goodison Park	28,566
Lyons	Lineups		Bremner, Jordan, Harris
Leicester City	2	2	Aston Villa	Filbert Street	24,663
Nicholl 2 OG	Lineups		Nicholl 2
Manchester City	3	2	Wolverhampton Wanderers	Maine Road	32,761
Keegan, Doyle, Tueart	Lineups		Daley, Kindon
Middlesbrough	0	2	Derby County	Ayresome Park	24,120
	Lineups		Hector, George
Newcastle United	3	4	Manchester United	St James' Park	45,048
Gowling, Macdonald, Burns	Lineups		Pearson 2, Bird OG, Howard OG
Norwich City	0	1	Liverpool	Carrow Road	29,013
	Lineups		Fairclough
Sheffield United	1	2	Ipswich Town	Bramall Lane	15,310
Colquhoun	Lineups		Johnson, Mills
Stoke City	0	1	Queens Park Rangers	Victoria Ground	22,847
	Lineups		Webb

				Home					Away
Ptn		First Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Queens Park Rangers	36	13	4	0	33	10	6	7	6	21	16	2.077	49	W	W	W	D	W	1976-03-27	Manchester City	H
2	0	Manchester United	35	13	4	0	33	11	6	6	6	26	24	1.686	48	W	D	W	W	D	1976-03-27	Middlesbrough	H
3	0	Liverpool	35	10	5	2	32	18	7	8	3	19	9	1.889	47	W	W	L	D	L	1976-03-27	Burnley	H
4	0	Derby County	35	14	1	2	37	22	5	8	5	21	21	1.349	47	W	W	D	D	D	1976-03-24	Stoke City	H
5	0	Leeds United	34	10	3	4	30	16	7	5	5	24	21	1.459	42	W	L	D	D	W	1976-03-27	Arsenal	H
6	0	Manchester City	33	12	5	1	39	11	2	5	8	15	19	1.8	38	W	D	W	W	L	1976-03-27	Queens Park Rangers	A
7	2	Ipswich Town	33	7	6	3	24	16	4	8	5	16	18	1.176	36	W	D	D	L	W	1976-03-27	Everton	H
8	-1	Middlesbrough	35	7	7	4	18	10	6	3	8	19	22	1.156	36	L	L	W	L	W	1976-03-27	Manchester United	A
9	2	Tottenham Hotspur	36	4	9	4	24	28	7	5	7	27	28	0.911	36	W	W	W	L	D	1976-03-27	Sheffield United	H
10	-2	Leicester City	35	7	8	3	25	22	3	8	6	13	22	0.864	36	D	W	W	D	L	1976-03-27	Wolverhampton Wanderers	A
11	-1	Stoke City	33	7	4	6	24	21	6	4	6	17	18	1.051	34	L	D	W	W	L	1976-03-24	Derby County	A
12	0	West Ham United	36	10	3	5	24	20	3	5	10	20	39	0.746	34	L	L	D	L	L	1976-03-27	Norwich City	H
13	3	Arsenal	35	10	4	4	30	14	2	5	10	12	26	1.05	33	W	D	D	W	W	1976-03-27	Leeds United	A
14	-1	Everton	34	7	6	4	30	22	4	5	8	19	37	0.831	33	L	L	L	W	W	1976-03-27	Ipswich Town	A
15	-1	Newcastle United	33	9	4	3	42	19	3	4	10	16	29	1.208	32	L	D	W	L	L	1976-03-27	Coventry City	A
16	1	Coventry City	35	5	7	5	17	17	5	5	8	20	30	0.787	32	D	D	L	L	L	1976-03-27	Newcastle United	H
17	-2	Norwich City	34	8	5	5	28	21	3	4	9	21	31	0.942	31	L	D	L	W	D	1976-03-27	West Ham United	A
18	0	Aston Villa	35	9	6	2	29	16	0	7	11	14	36	0.827	31	D	L	D	D	D	1976-03-27	Stoke City	H
19	0	Birmingham City	34	8	5	5	27	23	2	1	13	18	38	0.738	26	D	L	W	D	L	1976-03-27	Derby County	A
20	0	Wolverhampton Wanderers	35	5	5	7	18	20	3	3	12	22	38	0.69	24	L	L	W	L	D	1976-03-27	Leicester City	H
21	0	Burnley	36	5	6	7	21	22	2	4	12	18	36	0.672	24	L	D	L	D	W	1976-03-27	Liverpool	A
22	0	Sheffield United	35	2	6	10	14	29	0	3	14	10	41	0.343	13	L	L	L	D	L	1976-03-27	Tottenham Hotspur	A

Second Division

Second Division				Venue	Gate
Bristol City	0	0	Fulham	Ashton Gate	19,935
	Lineups
Charlton Athletic	2	1	Blackburn Rovers	The Valley	9,775
Peacock, Powell	Lineups		Beamish
Chelsea	0	0	Bristol Rovers	Stamford Bridge	16,132
	Lineups
Notts County	1	2	Blackpool	Meadow Lane	10,427
Mann	Lineups		Smith 2
Oldham Athletic	1	1	Sunderland	Boundary Park	13,704
Bell	Lineups		Hughes
Orient	3	0	Luton Town	Brisbane Road	5,544
Bennett 2, Heppolette	Lineups
Oxford United	1	0	Portsmouth	Manor Ground	7,155
Foley	Lineups
Plymouth Argyle	1	1	Hull City	Home Park	10,631
Johnson (p)	Lineups		McIntosh
Southampton	1	1	Carlisle United	The Dell	18,304
Peach	Lineups		Lathan
West Bromwich Albion	2	0	Bolton Wanderers	The Hawthorns	25,650
Mayo, Wile	Lineups
York City	3	2	Nottingham Forest	Bootham Crescent	5,740
Hinch, Pollard 2	Lineups		O'Hare, Downing OG

				Home					Away
Ptn		Second Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Bristol City	35	10	6	2	30	10	7	6	4	22	18	1.857	46	D	W	D	W	W	1976-03-23	Sunderland	A
2	1	Sunderland	33	14	1	0	36	8	4	5	9	15	24	1.594	42	D	L	W	L	D	1976-03-23	Bristol City	H
3	-1	Bolton Wanderers	33	9	4	2	26	9	7	6	5	23	22	1.581	42	L	D	D	L	W	1976-03-23	Blackburn Rovers	H
4	1	West Bromwich Albion	34	7	8	2	21	11	8	3	6	18	19	1.3	41	W	L	D	W	W	1976-03-27	Portsmouth	A
5	2	Southampton	34	14	2	1	40	12	2	5	10	16	28	1.4	39	D	D	L	L	L	1976-03-27	Sunderland	A
6	-2	Notts County	34	9	4	4	27	13	7	3	7	21	22	1.371	39	L	L	L	W	L	1976-03-27	Blackburn Rovers	A
7	-1	Luton Town	35	11	4	2	30	12	5	3	10	18	30	1.143	39	L	W	L	W	W	1976-03-27	Charlton Athletic	H
8	0	Nottingham Forest	35	9	1	7	25	18	4	9	5	21	20	1.211	36	L	W	W	D	W	1976-03-27	Orient	H
9	0	Chelsea	35	7	7	4	23	16	5	4	8	22	27	1.047	35	D	D	W	W	W	1976-03-27	Bolton Wanderers	A
10	0	Oldham Athletic	35	10	7	1	30	19	2	4	11	19	34	0.925	35	D	L	D	L	L	1976-03-27	Fulham	A
11	2	Charlton Athletic	33	10	3	4	36	27	4	4	8	14	29	0.893	35	W	D	W	W	D	1976-03-23	Orient	H
12	-1	Fulham	35	8	5	4	24	12	4	5	9	17	26	1.079	34	D	L	W	L	L	1976-03-27	Oldham Athletic	H
13	-1	Bristol Rovers	34	6	7	4	17	13	4	7	6	14	22	0.886	34	D	L	W	D	L	1976-03-27	Oxford United	H
14	0	Hull City	35	8	3	6	22	16	5	4	9	15	24	0.925	33	D	W	W	L	W	1976-03-27	York City	H
15	1	Blackpool	34	6	8	3	21	20	5	3	9	12	20	0.825	33	W	L	D	D	D	1976-03-27	Plymouth Argyle	H
16	2	Orient	33	9	4	5	19	11	2	6	7	11	20	0.968	32	W	L	D	L	W	1976-03-23	Charlton Athletic	A
17	-2	Plymouth Argyle	36	11	4	4	33	19	0	6	11	11	29	0.917	32	D	D	L	D	W	1976-03-27	Blackpool	A
18	-1	Carlisle United	35	7	7	3	23	19	3	5	10	15	31	0.76	32	D	L	D	L	D	1976-03-27	Bristol City	H
19	0	Blackburn Rovers	34	4	6	7	17	21	3	7	7	16	23	0.75	27	L	D	L	L	D	1976-03-23	Bolton Wanderers	A
20	0	Oxford United	35	5	7	6	20	22	3	4	10	13	26	0.688	27	W	W	L	W	D	1976-03-27	Bristol Rovers	A
21	0	Portsmouth	35	3	5	9	11	18	5	1	12	15	30	0.542	22	L	W	W	L	L	1976-03-27	West Bromwich Albion	H
22	0	York City	34	7	1	10	22	30	1	4	11	8	29	0.508	21	W	W	W	L	L	1976-03-27	Hull City	A

Third Division

Third Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Brighton & Hove Albion	2	0	Swindon Town	Goldstone Ground	18,208
Morgan 2	Lineups
Bury	2	3	Hereford United	Gigg Lane	6,384
Williams, Buchan	Lineups		Davey, Carter, McNeil
Chester	2	1	Chesterfield	Sealand Road	4,219
Redfern (p), Owen	Lineups		Darling (p)
Colchester United	2	2	Gillingham	Layer Road	3,981
Bunkell (p), Leslie	Lineups		Richardson (p), Durrell
Halifax Town	0	1	Wrexham	The Shay	2,970
	Lineups		Ashcroft
Mansfield Town	1	1	Crystal Palace	Field Mill	12,990
Laverick	Lineups		Taylor
Millwall	1	0	Port Vale	The Den, New Cross	7,116
Summerill	Lineups
Preston North End	0	0	Grimsby Town	Deepdale	6,586
	Lineups
Rotherham United	1	0	Sheffield Wednesday	Millmoor	13,567	Largest home gate 1975-76
Habbin	Lineups
Shrewsbury Town	3	1	Cardiff City	Gay Meadow	7,573
Atkins (p), Irvine, McGregor	Lineups		Evans
Walsall	4	1	Aldershot	Fellows Park	5,206
Buckley 3, Andrews	Lineups		Morrissey

				Home					Away
Ptn		Third Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Hereford United	36	10	4	3	33	18	11	3	5	36	25	1.605	49	W	L	L	W	W	1976-03-27	Brighton & Hove Albion	H
2	0	Brighton & Hove Albion	38	17	1	2	53	13	4	3	11	15	30	1.581	46	W	W	L	D	W	1976-03-27	Hereford United	A
3	0	Crystal Palace	37	6	8	3	28	18	10	5	5	28	22	1.4	45	D	W	W	D	W	1976-03-27	Bury	H
4	1	Walsall	39	11	6	3	41	19	5	5	9	23	31	1.28	43	W	D	D	W	L	1976-03-27	Port Vale	A
5	-1	Cardiff City	37	11	5	2	33	12	5	5	9	27	35	1.277	42	L	W	D	D	D	1976-03-27	Millwall	H
6	0	Wrexham	37	12	5	2	32	14	4	5	9	17	25	1.256	42	W	W	D	D	W	1976-03-27	Preston North End	H
7	0	Shrewsbury Town	36	12	1	5	30	20	5	7	6	20	22	1.19	42	W	L	L	D	L	1976-03-27	Aldershot	A
8	0	Millwall	37	13	5	1	29	13	2	7	9	16	29	1.071	42	W	W	W	D	W	1976-03-23	Colchester United	A
9	0	Peterborough United	36	10	5	3	32	19	3	8	7	22	33	1.038	39	D	L	L	D	L	1976-03-24	Aldershot	A
10	0	Port Vale	37	9	7	2	25	14	4	5	10	19	25	1.128	38	L	D	D	W	W	1976-03-27	Walsall	H
11	0	Preston North End	36	12	3	4	34	21	3	4	10	12	26	0.979	37	D	L	W	W	L	1976-03-27	Wrexham	A
12	0	Gillingham	37	8	8	2	29	19	2	9	8	17	33	0.885	37	D	W	D	D	D	1976-03-27	Chester	H
13	1	Chester	36	11	6	2	29	14	2	4	11	8	34	0.771	36	W	D	D	L	W	1976-03-27	Gillingham	A
14	-1	Bury	35	8	6	3	25	12	3	7	8	18	26	1.132	35	L	W	L	D	W	1976-03-27	Crystal Palace	A
15	1	Rotherham United	37	10	3	6	29	19	3	5	10	15	34	0.83	34	W	L	D	D	L	1976-03-27	Chesterfield	A
16	1	Mansfield Town	37	6	9	4	26	21	4	3	11	18	26	0.936	32	D	W	W	D	D	1976-03-27	Swindon Town	A
17	-2	Aldershot	36	9	6	2	29	17	2	4	13	21	45	0.806	32	L	L	D	W	D	1976-03-24	Peterborough United	H
18	0	Grimsby Town	37	11	5	2	32	16	1	3	15	16	44	0.8	32	D	L	L	L	D	1976-03-27	Southend United	H
19	0	Southend United	35	8	5	6	35	26	2	4	10	16	31	0.895	29	D	L	W	L	D	1976-03-23	Halifax Town	A
20	0	Chesterfield	36	7	5	6	33	24	4	2	12	19	36	0.867	29	L	W	L	D	L	1976-03-24	Sheffield Wednesday	A
21	3	Colchester United	36	8	4	6	20	21	2	5	11	14	36	0.596	29	D	W	D	L	W	1976-03-23	Millwall	H
22	-1	Sheffield Wednesday	35	7	6	4	27	21	0	8	10	11	23	0.864	28	L	L	L	D	W	1976-03-24	Chesterfield	H
23	-1	Swindon Town	36	8	3	6	30	23	3	3	13	17	39	0.758	28	L	W	D	D	L	1976-03-27	Mansfield Town	H
24	-1	Halifax Town	35	4	4	10	18	27	5	6	6	16	22	0.694	28	L	W	L	D	D	1976-03-23	Southend United	H

Fourth Division

Fourth Division				Venue	Gate	Notes
Bradford City	3	1	Torquay United	Valley Parade	2,498
Cooke 2, Ingram	Lineups		Goslin
Brentford	0	0	Crewe Alexandra	Griffin Park	3,851
	Lineups
Cambridge United	2	2	Southport	Abbey Stadium	1,794
O'Donnell, Biley	Lineups		Hughes 2 (1p)
Doncaster Rovers	0	0	Exeter City	Belle Vue	4,149
	Lineups
Huddersfield Town	1	2	Barnsley	Leeds Road	10,049	Largest home gate 1975-76
Goldthorpe	Lineups		Burke, Brown
Newport County	0	1	Hartlepool	Somerton Park	1,230
	Lineups		Moore
Northampton Town	6	0	AFC Bournemouth	County Ground	6,780
Hall 3, Best 2, Stratford	Lineups
Reading	4	1	Darlington	Elm Park	5,536
Friday 2, Hollis, Hiron	Lineups		Sinclair
Scunthorpe United	0	2	Lincoln City	Old Showground	10,322	Largest home gate 1975-76
	Lineups		Ellis, Ward
Watford	2	2	Tranmere Rovers	Vicarage Road	5,449
Jenkins, Coffill	Lineups		Moore, James
Workington	0	0	Rochdale	Borough Park	941
	Lineups

				Home					Away
Ptn		Fourth Division	Pld	W	D	L	F	A	W	D	L	F	A	G Ave	Pts	Last 5 Games					Next Match
1	0	Northampton Town	38	15	3	0	46	14	9	4	7	21	18	2.094	55	W	L	D	W	W	1976-03-27	Crewe Alexandra	A
2	0	Lincoln City	34	16	1	0	53	12	8	5	4	27	19	2.581	54	W	W	L	D	W	1976-03-23	Huddersfield Town	H
3	2	Reading	37	16	2	1	32	7	4	6	8	23	35	1.31	48	W	D	D	L	W	1976-03-26	Stockport County	A
4	-1	Tranmere Rovers	37	14	2	1	45	8	5	7	8	26	32	1.775	47	D	W	D	L	L	1976-03-26	Cambridge United	H
5	-1	Huddersfield Town	35	10	3	5	25	14	9	5	3	24	16	1.633	46	L	W	W	W	D	1976-03-23	Lincoln City	A
6	0	Exeter City	38	10	7	2	26	9	5	6	8	18	23	1.375	43	D	D	W	L	W	1976-03-27	Huddersfield Town	H
7	0	Doncaster Rovers	38	9	5	6	40	29	9	2	7	27	26	1.218	43	D	L	W	L	W	1976-03-27	Torquay United	A
8	0	AFC Bournemouth	36	12	3	2	32	12	5	4	10	16	28	1.2	41	L	L	D	L	W	1976-03-27	Workington	H
9	0	Swansea City	36	13	5	1	45	17	2	5	10	12	27	1.295	40	W	W	L	D	W	1976-03-27	Hartlepool United	A
10	0	Watford	37	13	3	3	32	17	4	2	12	17	35	0.942	39	D	W	W	L	D	1976-03-26	Lincoln City	A
11	0	Torquay United	37	10	3	5	23	18	5	5	9	19	36	0.778	38	L	L	D	W	W	1976-03-27	Doncaster Rovers	H
12	0	Cambridge United	38	6	8	5	27	22	6	4	9	18	26	0.938	36	D	W	W	L	D	1976-03-26	Tranmere Rovers	A
13	0	Rochdale	36	6	9	2	23	17	5	5	9	11	22	0.872	36	D	L	D	L	W	1976-03-22	Crewe Alexandra	H
14	2	Barnsley	37	10	6	2	26	13	1	7	11	11	29	0.881	35	W	D	W	W	L	1976-03-27	Bradford City	H
15	0	Crewe Alexandra	37	8	6	4	29	17	2	8	9	18	27	1.068	34	D	L	L	W	L	1976-03-22	Rochdale	A
16	-2	Stockport County	37	8	5	6	22	17	4	5	9	16	40	0.667	34	L	W	L	W	L	1976-03-26	Reading	H
17	2	Hartlepool United	37	6	6	6	30	26	5	4	10	19	35	0.803	32	W	D	L	D	L	1976-03-27	Swansea City	H
18	0	Brentford	36	10	5	4	29	15	1	4	12	14	34	0.878	31	D	L	W	L	L	1976-03-27	Rochdale	A
19	-2	Newport County	36	8	5	6	31	26	4	2	11	19	39	0.769	31	L	L	L	W	L	1976-03-27	Darlington	A
20	0	Bradford City	33	7	7	4	25	16	2	5	8	17	26	1	30	W	L	D	D	D	1976-03-22	Darlington	A
21	0	Scunthorpe United	37	8	2	9	25	22	2	4	12	12	28	0.74	26	L	W	D	W	W	1976-03-26	Southport	A
22	0	Darlington	35	6	5	5	13	11	3	2	14	16	37	0.604	25	L	W	D	L	L	1976-03-22	Bradford City	H
23	0	Southport	37	3	4	11	20	29	1	4	14	11	39	0.456	16	D	W	D	D	W	1976-03-26	Scunthorpe United	H
24	0	Workington	37	5	3	11	17	30	0	3	15	6	39	0.333	16	D	L	L	L	L	1976-03-27	AFC Bournemouth	A